larsenklemmerhusby:
Hanging State (Massachusetts), 2012. Fabric and thread.
Hanging State (Massachusetts) is another part of my senior thesis project, and part of an ongoing series. After discovering how enjoyable it was to alter the familiar shapes of states by cutting them out of plywood, I decided to go one step further. The natural draping of the fabric distorts the shape of the state, though it would be completely normal if it were laid flat. In this way, Massachusetts is distorting itself into a more ‘natural’ shape, and the ‘normal’ shape is only achievable in a specific set of circumstances.
12:38 pm • 16 May 2012 • 2 notes
larsenklemmerhusby:
Leaning States, 2012. Latex enamel on plywood.
Leaning States is one part of my senior thesis show. I made seven different states (Hawaii, California, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Michigan, and Massachusetts) out of plywood and paint, and used them as props for a series of short performances (the videos of which will be posted soon). However, I decided that I wanted to display the states themselves in addition to the video, and the result was Leaning States. During the performances, I experienced just how strange it is to hold a familiar two-dimensional image as a three-dimensional object, and I wanted others to be able to see how they change when they become objects. Leaning seemed like an effective way to emphasize their existence in the third dimension.
12:31 pm • 16 May 2012 • 2 notes
At a certain point, you ask yourself, why am I still doing homework?
11:19 pm • 3 May 2012
larsenklemmerhusby:
New York City, Its Bridges and Tunnels, 2011. Lithograph.
7:10 pm • 29 April 2012 • 2 notes
larsenklemmerhusby:
A Diagrammatic Map of the USA, 2011. Silkscreen.
7:10 pm • 29 April 2012 • 2 notes
Fascist Island
it’s the sort of shopping center
that makes you realize
that even if a rich aunt died
and remembered you in her will
she just wouldn’t really be
rich enough.
— Gerald Locklin
4:43 pm • 29 April 2012
“Every map is a fiction. Every map offers choices. It’s even possible to choose something beautiful.”
— D.J. Waldie, Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir
12:57 am • 27 April 2012
